Sash-cord holder.



P. BRYANT.

SASH CORD HOLDER.

PETER BRYANT, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SASH-CORD HOLDER.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed February 12, 1918. Serial N o. 216,720.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Sash Cord Holders, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to holders for the cords or chains of window sashes or the like, and has for its object to provide an improved holder by means of which a cord or chain can be attached or detached without removing the sash from the casing and consequently without marring or injuring the beads or other parts of the window.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a face view of the edge of the stile of a window sash provided with the holder;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 V

Fig.7 3 is a section on the line 3 8 of Fi l.

In the drawing, 6 is the sash stile and 7 the groove therein which receives the cord 8. r1`he holder comprises a frame or keeper which fits in the groove. This has a top or outer part 9 and two sides 10 which are provided at their inner ends with flanges 11. The top 9 has teeth 12 on the inner side to engage the cord, and the sides or legs 10 are divided as indicated at 13 to form a cross recess therein. The flanges 11 engage under a plate 14 which is set in the recess 15 in the stile and held therein by the screw 16, whereby the box or keeper is fastened in position in the groove.

Located within or between the legs 10 of the keeper is a follower plate 17 which is slidable in and out. At its side edges it has lugs 18 which travel in the spaces 13 and grooves 19 in the stile, which thus serve to guide and retain the follower. Outside of the follower, and resting against the same, is a flat spring 20 which extends lengthwise of the groove, between Athe follower and the cord 8, and this spring may have teeth 2l to engage the cord. The spring is held in the groove in any suitable way,-as by pins 22 through slots 23 in the spring. The follower is pressed from the inside by a screw 24 which extends through the stile and through the front plate 25 on the inner edge thereof and screws into a threaded hole through the plate 14.

When a cord is to be attached to a sash it can be threaded down the groove 7 into the keeper, the screw 241 being retracted so that the spring 20 will press the follower 17 inwardly. Aft-er the end of the cord enters under the top 9 of the keeper, the screw 24 is driven in and forces the follower 17 outwardly, bending the spring 20 and clamping the cord S against the top 9 of the keeper where it is engaged by the teeth 12 as well as by the teeth 21, thereby gripping the cord and connecting same to the sash. It may be released by withdrawing the screw 24 to loosen and permit it to be pulled out.

I claim:

1. A sash cord holder comprising a keeper located in the groove and having an outer cord engaging portion extending across the groove, a. spring under the keeper, a` follower behind the spring movable toward said portion to clamp the spring against a. cord, and a screw extending through the stile from the exposed part thereof and bearing at its inner end against said f0llower to advance the same to clamping position.

2. A sash cord holder comprising a keeper l in the groove of the sash, a follower within the keeper and adapted to clamp the cord against the same, a spring pressing against the follower and tending to retract the same from the keeper to release the cord, and means operable at the exposed surface of the sash stile to advance the follower against; the cord.

In testimony whereof I do aliix my signature in presence of a witness.

PETER BRYANT. Witness:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT.

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